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 Pharmaceutical Summit
The Pharmaceutical Summit of the RFID Journal Industry Summits is designed to meet the educational, buying and networking needs of executives and technologists in the pharmaceutical industry. The Pharmaceutical Summit will take place in a relaxed environment where you can meet, listen and discuss with other RFID professionals the issues that impact your business the most. Pharmaceutical Summit attendees are welcome to attend sessions from each of the other three co-located summits as well as the shared technology exhibition.
Various pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and retailers will come together to share their experiences using RFID to address e-pedigree and counterfeiting issues, as well as what methods work best and why. During the Pharmaceutical Industry Summit, you will have the opportunity to attend interactive sessions where your questions will be answered by leading early adopters and industry experts. You will also learn:
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UHF's impact on pharmaceuticals and how to ensure RF energy doesn't damage drugs in the supply chain |
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RFID's potential to reduce counterfeiting, and best practices for its use as an anti-counterfeiting tool |
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The technology needed for e-pedigrees—and best practices for creating them |
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How to get around key technical obstacles to adoption |
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Insights into the business case for RFID in a variety of applications in the pharmaceutical sector |
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Pharmaceutical Summit Sessions
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| September 26 |
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| PRE-CONFERENCE |
| 12:00 pm |
Pre-conference seminar opens
Working Lunch: RFID Basics
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| 12:45 pm |
Break |
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| 1:00 pm |
Pre-conference seminar continues
RFID Journal University
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| 5:00 pm |
Day 1 concludes—pre-conference adjourns |
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| September 27 |
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| CONFERENCE |
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| 7:00 am |
Registration opens
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| 8:00 am |
Continental breakfast
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| 8:45 am |
Welcome and Introduction
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| 9:00 am |
RFID: A Global Update
EPCglobal US has brought together global companies from all industries to help achieve mass adoption of EPC/RFID technology. In this session, you'll hear about the progress being made towards adoption of EPC/RFID in Europe,
Asia, and the Americas. You;ll also learn about the progress EPCGlobal subgroups are making toward creating standards for data sharing among companies in specific industries.
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| 9:30 am |
Are RFID Privacy Best Practices Enough?
Industry leaders have proposed a set of best practices around protecting consumer privacy when using RFID
technologies. But are these enough? Or does the technology need a foolproof way to protect consumers? Or
is legislation required? Our panel of experts examines these issues and addresses ways to avoid becoming the
subject of negative headlines.
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Paula Bruening, Center for Democracy & Technology
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Sandra Hughes, Global Privacy Executive, Proctor & Gamble Co.
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Elliott Maxwell, RFID Consultant & Fellow, Center for the
Study of American Government, Johns Hopkins University
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| 10:10 am |
Refreshment break in Exhibit Hall |
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| INDIVIDUAL SUMMIT PROGRAMS BEGIN |
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Pharmaceutical: Where and How RFID Will be Used
Based on their recent market analysis study on global asset and transaction management systems in the pharmaceutical supply chain, VDC, will share with attendees where the benefits lie beyond the current compliance mandates and how those varying benefits will determine the future use of the technology in the pharmaceutical sector.
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| 11:45 pm |
Lunch in Exhibit Hall |
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| 1:45 pm |
Pharmaceutical:
Lessons from Item-Level Tagging Used for Future Gen 2 Conversions
Purdue Pharma,the pharmaceutical leader for item-level tagging, will share what they have learned about the relative strength and weaknesses of UHF tags in the pharmaceutical supply chain, the challenges they overcame and still face, and where they are looking to head in the future with Gen 2 tags at the item level.
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Insights into the technical issues surrounding the use of UHF Gen 2 technology to track pharmaceutical drugs |
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An understanding of the performance of Gen 2
EPC tags versus Gen 1 |
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| 2:30 pm |
Pharmaceutical:
Using RFID to Reduce Counterfeiting in the Real World
Pfizer Pharmaceutical, an early adopter of RFID, will share with attendees how well they have found RFID to perform as an anti-counterfeiting tool for Viagra and where they are heading with the technology based on the lessons learned from the project.
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Peggy Staver, Director of Trade Product Integrity, Pfizer
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Understanding RFID's potential to reduce counterfeiting |
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Best practices for using RFID as an anti-counterfeiting tool |
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Pharmaceutical:
Adapting to Changing Frequencies
The pharmaceutical industry has been divided over whether to use HF or UHF tags to track individual bottles of pills and vials of injectable drugs. It's likely that companies will use different frequencies for different applications. Our panel of experts discusses how companies can make the best of both frequencies.
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Best practices for managing dual-frequency implementations |
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Insights into where and when to use each frequency |
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Pharmaceutical:
Examining the Business Case
In this interactive session, attendees engage thought leaders in a discussion of the key issues surrounding the business case for implementing RFID in the pharmaceutical industry. The issues discussed will include meeting mandates from retail partners, complying with legislation and achieving internal cost savings. The panel will also answer questions submitted by attendees and raised in online surveys conducted by RFID Journal.
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Garry Duvall, Deployment Manager, Tri-Management Activity,
Office of the Secretary of Defense
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David Richards, Director, Business Operations, ASD Healthcare
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Moderator:
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| 4:45 pm |
Day 2 program concludes |
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| September 28 |
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| 8:00 am |
Breakfast |
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Technology vs. Law: Navigating the RFID Regulatory Process
Complying with privacy, security, and FCC regulations have become
issues of concern for RFID system users. Balancing legal
requirements with a successful business approach can prove to be a challenging task. How can companies stay on top of an effective compliance strategy in this ever-changing legal landscape while using the technology to its fullest potential.
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Doug Farry, Managing Director, Mckenna Long & Aldridge
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Getting Top Performance from RFID Tags
Learn about the process used to develop durable tags, which applications
require them, and how to select the appropriate materials to improve tag
performance. In this session, leading technologists discuss, compare and
contrast solutions geared for various industry needs.
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| BREAKOUT SESSIONS BEGIN |
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| 10:40 am |
Refreshment break in Exhibit Hall |
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| 11:40 am |
Pharmaceutical:
Using RFID to Create Electronic Pedigrees for Drugs
RFID has the potential to help secure the pharmaceutical supply chain by making it fast and efficient to collect data about individual drugs from the time they are manufactured until the time they are consumed. This data can be used to populate electronic pedigree forms. Our panel looks at the technology and business practices needed to put such a system in place.
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Shabbir Dahod, President & CEO, SupplyScape Corporation
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James Dowden, Director, Distribution & Warehouse Services,
Hoffman-La Roche
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Insights into the technological issues behind e-pedigrees |
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Best practices for creating e-pedigrees |
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| 12:30 pm |
Lunch in Exhibit Hall |
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Pharmaceutical:
Supply Chain Collaboration—"Working With Partners"
Many of the key benefits of using RFID are achieved when companies share data and work together to change supply chain processes. In this interactive session, find out what standards are being developed for the pharmaceutical industry, what infrastructure is needed to share accurate data securely and how to effectively begin and maintain resourceful data sharing operations with supply chain partners. Our panel of experts will also answer questions from attendees and address issues raised in an online survey of RFID Journal readers.
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| 3:10 pm |
Day 3 concludes—conference adjourns |
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RFID Journal Industry Summits are produced by RFID Journal, the
World's RFID Authority.
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Among the Pharmaceutical companies that have previously attended RFID Journal events are:
Abbott Laboratories American Medical Systems AmerisourceBergen Drug Co. ASD Healthcare Baxa Corp. Bayer Bayer Material Science BCS Brystol Myers Squibb Cardinal Health Eli Lilly and Co. First Horizon Pharmaceutical Frost & Sullivan GlaxoSmithKline Hoffmann-La Roche ICON Health & Fitness Integris Health Johnson & Johnson Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Matrixx Initiatives McKesson Medtronic Sofamor Danek Merck & Co. Pfizer Pharmavite Philips Medical Systems Purdue Pharma Roche Laboratories Roex Ross Products Schering-Plough Schiff Nutrition Science Applications International Corp. Solstice Medical St. Clair Hospital St. Vincent Healthcare Sterilite Corp. Stryker Biotech SYGENTA Symphony Medical Tyco Healthcare US Drug Enforcement Administraton US Surgical UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Walgreens Wyeth Pharmaceuticals |
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